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A wheel slows from 500 rad/s to rest in 80.0 seconds due to a frictional force that is applied to the outer rim of the wheel. Treat the wheel as a solid disk with radius R = 12.0 cm and mass M = 350 grams. What is the magnitude of the frictional force that causes the wheel to slow to a stop?
Given:
Initial angular velocity of the wheel,
Final angular velocity of the wheel,
Time,
Radius of the wheel,
Mass of the wheel,
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Moment of inertia of a solid disk,
Torque = Force *Distance from the axis of rotation
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First, find the angular deceleration of the wheel
Use formula
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Now consider the wheel
Net Torque = Moment of inertia*Angular acceleration
ANSWER:
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